ARLINGTON, Texas — Might the Dallas Cowboys (3-5-1) pull off a commerce or two forward of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline — hours after struggling at house in a 27-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals (3-5) on “Monday Evening Soccer” to shut Week 9?
In accordance with proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones, the reply is sure. He stated Monday morning that a number of offers are within the works — lower than three months after Dallas traded Micah Parsons to the Inexperienced Bay Packers for 2 first-round picks and Kenny Clark simply earlier than the 2025 season kicked off.
“Instantly, it can have him on the sector, and it’ll tackle a few of the issues which have been our shortcomings,” Jones stated on SiriusXM, by way of The Athletic.
After the defeat, Jones reiterated he nonetheless has a commerce he can execute, emphasizing that Monday evening’s end result will not considerably alter his view of the roster by way of 9 video games. That is regardless of saying he was “tremendously disillusioned” by the house loss.
“We nonetheless can, sure,” Jones stated postgame when requested if he nonetheless has a commerce able to go. “Completely, we do. We’ll see how tomorrow goes. At the moment was all about tomorrow. … We had the flexibility to take a look at this recreation. You requested me if it impacts the trades, I do not actually assume so. … We might conceivably see one thing that we must do regardless of tonight. … There’s one [trade] that I can do with out query, and I am leaning towards doing it.”
If the Cowboys strike one other deal, any new addition may have every week to acclimate throughout the staff’s Week 10 bye. It is clear any transfer can be aimed on the protection. Dallas is averaging the NFL’s second-most factors (30.8 per recreation) however permitting the second-most (31.3). The Cowboys are simply the fourth staff in league historical past to attain 30-plus factors per recreation and permit 30-plus by way of eight video games. Not one of the earlier three gained a playoff recreation. Actually, no staff has ever made the postseason whereas giving up 30 or extra factors per recreation.
That is in all probability why Jones is angling to make one other transfer. Here is a have a look at six potential defensive commerce candidates for Dallas, together with the next three targets reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz: Cincinnati Bengals edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson and Miami Dolphins edge rusher Bradley Chubb.
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The Bengals’ season is probably going doomed with quarterback Joe Burrow (turf toe) sidelined and the staff off to a 3-6 begin. Cincinnati has balked at giving the NFL’s 2024 chief in sacks, Trey Hendrickson, a multi-year extension the previous two offseasons. Now can be the time to promote earlier than he can hit free company once more.
Dallas’ protection has fallen off a cliff with out Parsons, and buying and selling for Hendrickson, who turns 31 on Dec. 5, and his expiring contract must be in Jones’ mid-round-pick consolation vary for doing most of his commerce deadline offers.
Logan Wilson is simply two years right into a four-year, $36 million contract extension, however his enjoying time has declined the previous few weeks with the struggling Bengals going with a youth motion on the place with rookies Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight Jr. Wilson is beneath contract the subsequent two seasons with cap hits just below $10 million, and he can be a noticeable improve over Kenneth Murray and Jack Sanborn in Dallas.
The hearth sale is on in South Seashore after the Dolphins fired normal supervisor Chris Grier. Off to a 2-7 begin, Miami traded former first-round edge rusher Jaelan Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday morning. Maybe 29-year-old two-time Professional Bowl edge rusher Bradley Chubb is subsequent to go within the Dolphins’ obvious rebuild. Chubb missed the 2024 season with a torn ACL, however his 4.0 sacks lead Miami this season and rank tied for twenty seventh within the NFL.
The Cowboys would in all probability ask Miami to eat a few of Chubb’s contract as a result of he’s at present scheduled to have cap hits of simply over $31 million in 2026 and 2027.
Dallas was once the perfect at pressuring opposing quarterbacks with a staff quarterback stress fee of 40.2% from 2021 to 2024 when Parsons was on the roster. It is now hovering round league common in that division at 38.1%, which ranks 14th within the league.
If Jones is set to make a transfer, the Cowboys ought to go get 29-year-old edge rusher Arden Key to bolster their cross rush, on condition that Key has 1.5 sacks whereas enjoying for Tennessee — a staff that already fired its head coach — this season. Dallas’ 15 sacks are the eighth-fewest within the NFL. It wants extra juice on the edge-rusher place reverse second-round rookie Donovan Ezeiruaku, who has come on of late.
Regardless of being 36, two-time Professional Bowl linebacker Demario Davis can nonetheless be a plus starter in 2025. He can be an improve over Jack Sanborn, whom the Cowboys positioned on injured reserve Monday.
Professional Soccer Focus grades Davis among the many NFL’s 10 finest inside linebackers this season — his general defensive grade (78.4) ranks ninth, and his run-defense grade (89.2) ranks sixth. His 61 tackles on designed speeding performs are essentially the most within the NFL, per TruMedia. That might assist a Cowboys protection that ranks thirtieth (146.0 speeding yards allowed per recreation).
Cowboys Professional Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs (knee/concussion) is on injured reserve, as is third-round rookie Shavon Revel (knee). Dallas’ cross protection ranks thirtieth (258.6 yards allowed per recreation), and it might use assist.
If the Saints plan to let soon-to-be 27-year-old cornerback Alontae Taylor stroll in free company after a 1-8 begin beneath new coach Kellen Moore, they might as effectively get a choose for him. Moore’s familiarity with Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones might assist facilitate a deal, particularly for a Dallas staff looking for a low-cost addition.
